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UNIT 2- MODERN SPAIN

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which ones are related to coup d´etats?

a)

Primo de Rivera y Cánovas del Castillo

b)

Franco and Manuel de Pavía

c)

Primo de Rivera and General Prim

2.

In a chronological order, what event goes next?


Amadeo I de Saboya left Spain - I Republic -

a)

Alfonso XII became the king

b)

Sagasta and Cánovas del Castillo took turns in power

c)

Spain lost its last colonies

3.

Who did he support?

a)

Franco

b)

Primo de Rivera

c)

Amadeo I de Saboya

4.

Spain was stable again.

It was a period of economic decline.

There was peace and prosperity in Cuba and Puerto Rico.


What word is false about Alfonso XII?

a)

prosperity

b)

decline

c)

stable

5.

•freedom of press

•vote to women

•it made divorce legal

•it took away the special legal status enjoyed by Spanish nobility

•it limited the power of the King


Is this ALL true about the Constitution?

a)

No, because it gave freedom of expression

b)

No, because it limited the power of church

c)

Yes, it´s all true

6.

What were the dates of beginning and the end of the Spanish Civil War?

a)

18th July 1936 - 1st April 1939

b)

7th April 1936 - 18th July 1939

c)

1st July 1936 - 18th April 1939

7.

When did Spain join the European Union?

a)

In 1978

b)

In 1982

c)

In 1986

8.

When was the last Constitution approved?

a)

In 1977

b)

In 1978

c)

In 1980

9.

What did he do?

a)

He became the first president after free elections and legalised two political parties

b)

He became the first president after free elections; legalised political parties, trade unions and right to strike

c)

He was the king; introduced a new electoral law; and gave the right to strike

10.

What was the transition?

a)

The change from Franco to King Juan Carlos I

b)

The change from a dictatorship to democracy

c)

The change from Juan Carlos I to Adolfo Suarez

11.

What is a strike?

a)

When people don´t work because they´re sick

b)

When people don´t work because they complain and they refuse to work

c)

When people are not happy with the king

12.

Who dealt with violent conflicts between different political parties, the Cuban revolution, rebellions by the Carlists, Republican uprisings and problems with the army?

a)

Alfonso XII

b)

Alfonso XIII

c)

Amadeo I de Saboya

13.

What happened on 11 February 1873?

a)

General Prim was assasinated

b)

General Pavía mounted a coup

c)

The First Republic started

14.

During this time, infrastructures such as paved road networks, dams, telephones and electricity were developed.

Who was the leader of the country?

a)

Franco

b)

Alfonso XIII

c)

Primo de Rivera

15.

What is autarchy and who established it?

a)

Its´s economic self-sufficiency. Primo de Rivera

b)

Dictatorship. Franco

c)

Its´s economic self-sufficiency. FRanco